Deployment of driverless cargo bikes is closer than you think
Autonomous cargo bikes represent a different approach to moving people and goods through cities. Continue →
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National AI strategy urgently needed, major report insists
New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy to keep pace of global change in technology, according to the Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report
AI is emerging as a transformative set of tools and technologies to solve many business and social problems. Continue →
AI will transform life like the arrival of electricity
Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform lives of New Zealanders just like the arrival of electricity 130 years ago, according to a landmark new research report
The report says AI has the potential to increase New Zealand’s gross domestic product by up to $53 billion by 2035 across 18 industries. Continue →
New Zealand is the world’s living global tech lab
The announcement of the world’s first self-driving electric air taxi being piloted in Christchurch is just one of the examples of New Zealand becoming a living tech laboratory, says NZTech Chief Executive Graeme Muller
The Zephyr Airworks aircraft, financed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is a great testimony to responding to a global challenge around traffic and congestion, Muller says. Continue →
An AI revolution is coming – is New Zealand ready?
The head of New Zealand’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) company has issued a plea to New Zealand organisations not to fall behind in the global development of AI, the latest tech industrial revolution
Greg Cross, chief business officer for Soul Machines, says jumping on the AI bandwagon is a big challenge and a big opportunity for New Zealand companies. Continue →
Textbooks and landline phones likely to be gone by 2030
Spark Digital Chief Executive Jolie Hodson paints a picture of dramatic tech changes in New Zealand over the next 12 years
New Zealand now has world-class internet connectivity at globally competitive prices, she told the Digital Nation Summit. Continue →